Improved mop-wbhgeb



Letters Patent No. 79,795, dated July 7, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:v

f Be itknowrnlthst I, H. B. WILLOUGHBY, oi" Otte-wa, `in the' eounty of Ls. Selle, in the Stute of Illinois, halve iu'ventede'useful Improvemeirt in Mop-Wringere end I do hereby declare that the following is e. fallend exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying-drawings, 'aixdto the letters oi' reference marked thereon, making apsrt of this speciticetiomuin which- "Figure 1 is'a. perspective representation of my invention.

:E igure 2 'a longitudinal elevation of the same.

The nature of this invention consists in the use of e substantial frame, which is mede to support the l wringing-devices vend through-il: is an opening corresponding in size rvith the wash-vessel used and the rim of the 'opening is arranged 'to keep the vessel ,from touching the iloor, and to hold it in o convenient position orpatehingth water wrong from the mop; 15rd in. the, novelnrrangement of a. series of ievers, by means'o'f w'hichlthe rollers fthe wringer may be opens;l far'cnogh to remove the vessel from lbetween them, and yet be held Vtogether with oll of the forceneeessany .to speedily 'ming c mop. Y

To ene-ble othersfskilled in the art 4to ineke ondoso my invention, I have marked corresponding parts with similar letters, and will now give a detailed description. i

m...'.krepresents o substairtialirame, mode of wood jor. other suitable materiel;'end-sehportedfonllegs CC C C,-

ond to which frame is attached on inside rim or-hoop'B, made of the'saihe material es the frame, eudsnch a siz`e as will clamp u. wash-vessel, and hold'it o shortdistance from the'loor, as seen at X, lig. l, ond :also hold it d irectlynnder the rollers L'L when shut togetherl The devices for'operating the 4rollers are as follower v The lower ends of levers J 5 are pivoted to the frame'A ata, and their` opper ends to the roller L; and

levers K K are pivoted to the frame A at the same pointses the levers J J, enel their hppe'rends pivoted to o.

-ijoller L.

Short braces G G are pivoted to the lower ends of levers K K aft 6. b, and to the curved 'ends of levers'E E ot'c; and short 'braces H H larel also -pivoted tothe levers E E, ond to the lara-ces 3 J at d d, es clearly show n TheI curved levers E E are pivoted to metal supports'FiF, rigidly attached to theffrsme, end rtheir outel.

`ends are made -to support o tre'sdle, D, on which the footis put when a. mop 'is to be wrong.

Tbe'levers 'above described, together with the braces, con be `hoede of light wrought iron, at smallfcost, and, when properly p ut together, will operate the rollersL. L readily, mid be very durable. j And, to Prevent rustingytheyc'on be glvzmiz'ed with zinc, which will give the'wrihgeraheatifipearance, and obviote any objec- `tion willich may beraised to the use of so nueh iron. y l .f

. The vessel contaningthe mop-water should beset ih the h'oop B; os seeh MX, iig, 2, arid the" rollers L L` thrown back, so as t bo out ofI vthe wajjoftbe mop, wher: it,is to be dipped in. the vessel. Whenthe mop is' to be'wrung, it shoirld bo held between the rollers while thetreadlelD is. forced dowhivordby the foot, and then' drawn from the rollers in the iisual manner of suc'h hindof. work. "l v Hovingl thus described my invention,- ivh'stlI claim asneiv, and desire to secure by`Letter'sigPatent, isi" The combination of the-,levers J K-E', braoes @,supports FF,-treadle D, frame ,hciop B, with rollers LL, the lzitter being arranged tolope'un nd'close'overthe top'of afxvosh-vessel, as und furthe 'purposeherein H; "B. WsLLoUeHBY.

'Witnessesz.

AArQoN v 13. Sutra. F, DYER. 

